AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

By Tetestaslb.—'PiKm Araoctotion.—CttyjTrltfSrt* -, . ,■ ; , ,- •, •, STATE GOAL MINES. (Received March 2. 12.5 a.m.) '- ! Sydney, March 1. .'.;' In the State Assembly, Mr. : Edden ■ (Minister for Mines) moved the second ; reading of the State Coal Mines Bill. Ho - stated that wherever State coal mines had been established they had proved profitable. 1

\ ■ ■/■"..' ■ ■' GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC. , ■■■ ; ; ' : Sydney, March" 1. ,„• ' - At the Methodist Conference a recom-, mendation was received from the New Britain Synod that control of the mission there be transferred to the Methodist : Episcopal Church of Germany, because it is a German colony, and there is a' i difficulty in getting English missionaries who speak German. . The . recommendation' was scut to the Australasian Board ■of • Missions for consideration."

■ ;;■.';••* ■: ■ ■:■:■ ■;:,y : .';.-\/{ :•■■■. '.•/; , ;-. : :;.--'." ■"■>/ -/::' ■'■*'•<. '■■■ ■ .'.," ■. />£} ARBITRATION BILL IN UPPER HOUSE. Sidney, March 1. > - The Labour Government's Arbitration Bill had a narrow escape in the Legis- 'illative Council, the second reading being carried'on the casting vote of the Presi- i; dent. '■..;! MANUFACTURERS' CONFERENCE. Sydney, March 1. At the Manufacturers' Conference a motion was carried in favour of compulsory training on account of its good effect on the • growing generation. , It was de- - cided that the holding of the proposed international exhibition in Australia is inadvisable at present. ' ■ ::; -: : - ':■-■■-■'. ", '"V^;;^7''■^.;;^■ r '^''-:-;S INCREASES OF REVENUE. ; ,:i : ; ; ; ! ,•;-.■)',;,■ ;.,V; ''; >;::*<.; ■ : V i ]"<■ Sydney, March 1. !'|f ■ The New South W ales revenue for tha eight months of the'financial year (which ends' on June 30) shows an increase of ; * £381,180 over the corresponding period ;..,!; last year. There are also ■ increases in tho revenue of Victoria and West Australia, | due chiefly to Commonwealth return?, '